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glttdcy?gon ?jntcUiflcnccr. K. li. MUKRA Y, Editor. THU USDA Y, JANUARY, 25, 1883. ._-" - .. - -3 TERMS : ONE TEAR.?I.SO. SIX MONTUS. We? Two Hollar? If not i>al<l In advance. Tho railroad from here to Walhalla does not make much better time than can be made by horses; in fact, Ht times they rmi so slow that passengers can get out and walk fur a hundred yards at a time, keeping up with the train ali thc Way. It bus actually been done. Among thc outrage- perpetrated upon the travelling public by thc new order of railroad things, i-, the habit of stopping t j passengers for perhaps fifteen min utes about one or two hundred yardi from the depot, while the freight cars are being shifted. The Clyde crowd are act ing out Vanderbilt's anathema--"Thc public be d -d." Thc Supreme Court of iowa bas deci ded the Prohibition amendment to the Constitution of that State, which was Hubmittcd by the State Legislature to a popular vote, ami adopted in thc last election by a large majority, to bc void, on account of irregularities in thc m.in ner in which it was submitted by the Legislature. This disposes of thc pro hibilioii question in Iowa for a term, ut least. The Republican* will hardly be willing to throw the question into thu next presidential canvas*) by submitting it nguiu in 1SS1. It is rumored that the object of tho new schedule on the Hine Ridge Rail road is to force the United States govern ment to change their mail contract with the Columbia and Greenville road. Last Spring, when the through linc to Wal halla wns put on, the road changed ?ts contract with the government so ns to make thc mail ear go through from Co lumbia to Walhalla. When the through line changed back to Oreenvillo, thu the .government would not allow the mail contract to be so i hanged as t*i pul tho mail coach on the lim; to < ?reenville, and hence it is always shifted at Relton and attached to the Walhalla train. Tho rumor is that tho new arrangement is intended to make the mail route above Holton KO long und uncertain n i tu secure tho desired chungo. Wo hnvo no idea thnt this rumor is correct, but give it for whnt it is worth. The new Schedule on the lillie Ridge Division of tho Columbia ami Grecnvillo railroad, by which tho freight nnd pas senger trains hnve been consolidated, is the must wnutnn and inexcusable cxci eise of malicious power that lins ever been exercised by any railroad corpora tion in this Staie. it cannot bo justified by any of tho reasons assigned for it. There is und hus been for some lime past more travel on this lino than on thc Greenville lino nbove Relton, and the freights hnvo been and now aro very good-moro thar, cnn be properly car ried in connection with the passenger train. Tho accommodation train has been entirely discontinued. This is a great imposition upon thc trav eling public, and calla for the inter position of our Railroad Commission. The traveling facilities now afforded on this Hue ure not worth more than two cents ti mile, and thu rate ought to bu sc fixed. As soon ns the Legislature meets, we hope to seo thu Railroad law still further amended, so us to forbid thu run ning of freight curs on passenger trains and thus reach tho trouble. It is simpl) an oulragu without justification. Wc publish thia week an interesting exhibit of thc manufacturing progress in South Carolina; When our readers notice the number of hands, most ol whom ure women nnd children, who arc given profitable employment by these factories, and when they remember thnt nt tho factory gates the price of cotton is about one-fourth of r. cout higher pei pound than in the surrounding markets, and when they sec that a thriving little town is started at every manufacturing establishment, which makes a demand for all kinds of poultry, vegetables eic, they will realizo sumo of tho advantages ol that policy which has given South Caro Hila such an unprecedented grow th in manufacturing iu tho past six years. It is her manufacturing interests that have mado New England so prosperous and wealthly in the past. It is thnt which is destined year by year to build up South Caroliua, until she will become within tho next twenty years tho leader ol Southern progress and development justas ?be was the leader of Southern political thought and action in tho past Indeed South Caroliua is to-day the loading Southern Slate in material de velopment. More factories have been built here in proportion to our area du ring the last six years lhau in any State in tho Union, and to-day the Statu eland; at the head of agricultuv... progress io the South-our crop yields lost year be ing even ahead of Georgia. Tho vin and energy, the intellect and applicator, of the people of South Carolina, hoi always secured for our State the respect of tue whole country. In this new life and marked progress, they will do more They will command likewise tho admi ration of all. There must be no step backwards. We have a great future be fore our State. The God of nature hat blessed UB with a matchless climate, and a fertile soil. When mau utilizes thc great water power, and develops thc varied and profitable productions of thc earth, our highest prosperity will be at tained. Everything that tends to build up manufactories or foster improved agriculture should receive our hearty en couragement and support. It will pay our State to push forward the develop ment of ber material resources. -The death is announced of Goperal W. C. Pendleton, tho distinguished chief of artillery of the army of northern Vir f;inia, under General Lee. General Pendleton was attached to tbe regular army, from which he resigned to enter the ministry before the breaking out of the war. Entering the confederate ser vice be toen distinguished himself, and 'was conspicuous throughout the straggle for bis executive ability and dash. Tor some time General Pendleton has been .rector of Grace Church, Episcopal, Lex ington, Virginia, in which city he breathed bis last. TIIK COL.li.HHIA CAN AI? C'OI.t'MUIA, S. C., Jan. 20, 1883. Editor Anderson intelligencer-SiK: A communication in your last issue on the Columbia Canal, from Maj. J. JJ. Moore, is unfair to the project, thone who HUS tallied it in the Legislature, and tboso who are managing it. I would premise that in a work of thi-> magnitude and of such gnat importance, that everything Connected with it is a matter of record, which records arc accessible, and all statements mad'* in reference lo it should be correct. lit. Thc statement that one hundred and twenty convicts wire employed on the work last year, and that the total cost to the Stalo of the work was "about $50, . OOO," is not true. The work of construc tion was begun April lilli, and tu Octo ber 31?t, HMJ, the end of the fiscal year, 14,703 ?lays of convict labor was put on tho work. Of this number only 1,000 days were made by able bodied convicta, such as could have been hired out for $12.50 per month, the remaining 1",I27 day labor were made by convict.-, thal could not be hired out, not being able bodied, and wire worked ?. 11 the Canal for what they were worth. Work was done on 101 day-, of niue hours each, ami tho force employed, reduced lu a basis of first-class hands, averaged only 47 ti 1<) hands per day ol' 10 hours. (.See Report relative to Columbia Canal, House document, page 1). 1 1,703 convict ?lays at 42.? cents per day (average total COJI per capita ?co Penitentiary Report 1882) is ?ti,300.G'J ; to this udd the cash expenditures for Canal, $8,011.GO, und we have the loial expenditure on ac count of Canal, $14,812.211. Thu value of the work donc U $12,210.20. Tho value of plant un batid $3,100, Paid Tor right of way $2,11J GO. *'7,422.85 as a return for the outlay as slated above, besides utili /.ing many convicts that otherwise would have been drones in thu hive. (Seo lie port relative tu Columbia Canal House document, pages 3, 1 and '>). i?ince thc cud of thc fiscal year, during thc mouths of November ?md December, 0,010 days convict labor of - hours each, (of which 1,738, only, were made by able-bodied convict?; bus been put on the work, with a cash expenditure nf $1,488.40 ; at 423 cents per convict day, this would make a total cost for these two months of $1 321.02. The total vnluo of work ?lone during this lime is ?'0,300. (Sec monthly statement for November and December, records Penitentiary Hoard.) The total cost tb the State for this work to January 1st, 1883, bas been$10,133.31, (not "about $00,000,"' as stilled) with a return in vnluo of $23,722.85. Had it been practicable, without interfcrring with existing con tracts for convicts, to have kept a force of able-bodied convicts on the work, iu stead of the mixed labor that was fur nished, nearly double the amount of work could have been done with the same outlay of money, it costs no more to work a man who can do a full day'H work, than ono who can only do a half day's work. The price charged ns cost to the State, 423 cents for each convict day, is not tho correct one, na many items put in to muk? this average is fairly charge able to every convict on the prison rolls, instead of only to tboso within the prison walls. For instance, such items, muong others, ns salaries, inspection of convict camps, etc. An analysis of exhibit D, Penitentiary Report, 1882, will make this evident. Thc amount fairly chargeable is about 2f> cents per day. The Peniten tiary authorities estimate it at 2!l| cents. At 25 cents por day, the actual cost of the Columbia fanal for 1S.S2, to the Stato, has been $15,358.25. 2nd. As to thc character of the coun try through which thc Canal passes and the estimate of cost. The ('anal is to bo 2; miles long, covering the samo ground occupied by tho old Canal, with tho ad ditional width required. The bottom of the old is as low and in many places low er than that of thc new. 2| miles of thc work passes through low lands, no rock to bo found on either ??do or in tho bot tom of the old Canal. The remaining g of a mile is ulong hill sides, where much solid and loose rock will bo found. Your correspondent says that the greater part of tho Canal is through loose and solid granite rock, when he baa been over but a very short portion of tho ground lo bu occupied by the work. Three estimates and plans have been made for this work nt different times, by di (Te rent Engineers, with the aid of tho best instruments and careful inspection of the ground. These estimates and plans ure substantially the same, and the work is being done in accordance with them. I submit, that notwithstanding the pos sibility that the estimate of these Engi neers-$300,000-mny bo incorrect, yet it is just as apt to bc right, ns that of $1,000,000 or $2,000,000 made by one who has never boen over the ground nor had access to any notes, who claims not to be an Engineer, but to have common sense. Probably somo of the Engineers eugaged on this work have some common sense, too, at least the confidouco reposed and being reposed in two of them by capi talista North and East, is proof of that. Then, again, all work done to this dato has been done within tho estimated cast. As to the expediency of the Stato un dertaking this work, you Mr. Editor, and other far seeing public men, constituting a majority, bavo made your record that is best to go on. You have before you the example of the city of Augusta, Qa., who in the years 1845 and 47 commenced and completed a Canal 40 feet wide. It soon became evident that this was too small, and after temporary expedients, devised and carried into effect from time to time to increase its powor, it was de termined in 1872 to enlarge it to 150 feet wide. This was completed in 1875, and now with a Canal nine miles long, 150 feet wide, a stone dam double the length and height of that wo propose to build, all costing a little over one million dol lars, they have more demand for water power than they can supply. Were the corporations that own tho splendid milis that line the banka of the Augusta Ca nal in existence when Col. H. H. Cum mings, W. M. D. Autignac and the Hon. John P. King, projected thia grand water power? They did nut want to seo tho capital, which has bceu invested there, before they moved in their grand under taking. When the Columbia Canal is finished and the. splendid opportunities offered here for the profitable investment of capital is presented, no reasonable^ man cnn doubl that they will I"* promptly nc opted, and a fair rental paid for the usc of thc waler power. Twos. II. LEK, Engineer in Charge of Co. Canal. ANOTIIKK HOl/OCAU.ST, ?{minting l'artaongr-rii titi Hi? Southern l'a rllle lt. ic. SAN KltANCI-iCO, .January 20. -A groat railroad accident hns occurred near Teelinpi station on thc Southern I'acilic Ka i I ron']. There hoing only one tele graph operator nt Teachapi station no press dispatches regarding the accident have yet been received, but the follow? ?nj? has been obtained at tho oliice of thc railroad company her?. Shortly alter midnight tho overland express on the Southern I'acilic, which left here at 9.20 a. m. yesterday, stopped near Teachapi -talion to eui out au extra engine taken on nt Sumner to assist to pull up the Teachapi grade. While making (he chango, hy Home means unknown tho train got away and started back north ward down a grade of 120 feet to tho mile. Thc train consisted of two en gines, the express, mail and baggage car-, two sh opera, min conch and a smoking car. lt went down the grade nt a frightful speed for about four miles, when thc h i oder most sleeper jumped the track iiiii'. went over an embankment about 100 feet high, carrying with it the other sleeper and mail, baggage and ex press cars, which were piled in a shatter ed heap. They Iben took lire and were consumed. Thc coach and smoker kept on the down grado and wore stopped without leaving the track about two miles further on. All on hoard the lat ter were uninjured. Thc scene following the wreck was terrible. A number of person* were jammed amid tho ruins of the train and roasted to death before thc eye* of ll o-e helpless lo save them. At present i> is impossible to give the ?os? of life accurately, but it is believed from twelve lo fifteen persona wer*? killed ?ir burned to death, lt is feared, that 'he v il".- of ex Governor Downey, who with her husband wns on tho train, is among the dead. At 10.50 a. m. seveu bodies had been taken out, some burned beyond recognition. Il H a remarkable fact that tho wounded aro almost, without excep tion, but slightly injured. The following passengers are unhurt: Porter Ashs and wife, H. A. . Uiver, Miss K. Squires und T. J. (Uiver. .Many are missing and ure supposed lo have been buried in the wreck and consumed. Mr. A she and his wife, who is a daughter of the late Judge E. I?, ('rin ker, were on their wedding tour and were in the sleep er which first left the truck, and their escape uninjured is nlinost miraculous. A special train has bren sent to thc scene willi physicians, and an under taker. The dead and injured will he taken to Los Angelos. Meantime every possible attention is paid them on thc ground. A wrecking train bas arrived from Sumner. Further Urtulls of thc Tvrrltilo Aroltlemt. SAN FRANCISCO, January 21.- A dis patch from Tchecllipa concerning tho accident to the Southern Rx press train near there yesterday confirms the death of Mrs. Downey and says that ex Gover nor Downey is badly burt but will re cover. A dispatch from Los Angeles says it ia now ascertained that at the time the train bloke louse nnd ran down grade the nir brakes lind been taken olF ami thu men who attended lue ii and brakes were away from their posts, one attending to switching the engine and the other relighting his extinguished lump. Tho train gathered headway quickly mid waa Huon dashing down grade at the rate of a mile a minute. At a sharp curve of the road the passenger coach and smoking car, which were ahead, broke the coupling and w ere sep arated from tho rest of the train, making tho turn safely. The sleepers and tho mail, express and baggage cara were dished against a high bank and then thrown back, rolling down an cnbnuk ment. The lamps and stoles ut once fd fire to tim wreck, which was instantly in a blare. Harry Conners, the news agent, who was sleeping in the baggage eur, was awakened by tho movement of the cur, and aroused Jumes Woodhull, the bug gage muster, just ns the cars made ibo jump. The roof of thc; car wu? split open und both men were thrown out and severely bruised. Conners, while lying on the ground unable to render any as sistance, saw Hie train enveloped in flames nnd heard the shrieks of the dying victims and saw them vainly endeavor ing to struggle from tho burning ruins. Porter Ashc and wife, who occupied tho drawing mom of one of the Bleepers, were awakened by the crash. They succeeded in getting out without injury, but of six teen other occupants of tho car not one is believed to have escaped. Tho occu patio of the coach which kept on down the grade succeeded in slopping it, there by saving the lives of some forty occu pants of that and tito smoking car. They immediately walked back to the scene of the accident, but found only the smouldering remains of the train and tho few who had escaped with their lives ly ing beside it bleeding in tho darkness, shivering in the piercing cold night air. or rendering assistance to each other, Relief soon arrived from Tchechipa, four miles distant, and ns soon us possible medical attendance was sent from Sum ner and Rakerfield and subsequently from Los Angeles. Search for tho dead soon showed that twenty-one persons had per ished. Eleven were beyond recognition, only hendless and charred limbs being found. The names of the dead thus far identified are Charles Pierson Wright, colored, Miss Mamie E. (?uirres, Mrs. LI. O. Oliver, Min. Downey, M. Wetherel and Mrs. James Cassel, and a body sup posed to bo that of Col. Larrabee, ex Congressmnn from Wisconsin. A Duel With Shot Guns. Sr. Louis, January 17.-Micheal Van denburg and Mathew Woodlock quar reled near the town of Brooklyn, a short distance from hero, to-day. Their friends advised them to sottie their dis pute wilh the shot guns they had carried home after a day's hunt. The advice was accepted, the men taking up their positions twenty paces apart. Both shot simultaneously* Vaudenburg had his eyes put out by the shot and is an badly wounded in the head that he will die. Woodlock received tho load from Van deusburg's weapon in the breast and neck. A large crowd witnessed tho terrible adair and seemed to enjoy it. Dr. Gray son, who is attending the wounded men, took no less than twenty-four shot out of Woodlock. A Terrible Poisoning. AUGUSTA, January IS.--To day a little negro girl, 10 yearn of age, put rat poison in tho coffee drank nt dinner by Dr. and Mrs. Durham and Mrs. Shanks, of Thomson, Ga. Shs was bound to Dr. Durham and a few days since ran away. The Doctor had hor arrested and carried back and she determined to be revenged. The three poisoned persons became ill at once, and their recovery is doubtful. - South Carolina is evidently in earn est in her efforts tn bring the milla to the cotton. In the first place she exempts all manufacturing companies from State taxation for a period of teu years and, in th? ?6COuu pince, nud aa ? result nf the former action, she chartered at the recent session of the Legislature nine new cot ton mills, having an aggregate capital of $1,725,000. We heartily congratulate our sister State on her rapid material progress and would sot her up aa a shin ing example for the emulation of North Carolina, which possesses equal if not greater natural advantages.-Raleigh ?fetos and Observer. THK RAILROAD COMMISSION. ? i.nfrr? ii< o".\vlt!i Hie f?pLTgln Itu.ml al X?t? A|Atlmilit. rn* 3 m ?US---, - t'romjtnt lAUanta, Constitu?an I/<>....?In j. The railroad Commissioner* of South Carolina reached the city yesterday ai 2 o'clock, lite party consisting of iwGov? ernor llonhani, ex Governor Jeter and Capt. L, J, Walker. They were met hy Major Campbell Wallace and Col. L. N. Traininell, and w ere escorted to the ollive of the railroad commission. A consider able portion of the afternoon was spent in consultation, which will Ix* resumed to day. In answer to nu inquiry one of the Commissioner* said to a ('ont!Million reporter last night: "We are here to consult with the Georgia commission, whit.h ir* regarded as a very able one, and to examine into the methods nf your commission. Our commission has just been created. In 1873 South Carolina appointed one Commissioner, PX-Gover nor Itonliam, ami it is largely due to his influence and work that the present com mission law was passed. He did not have near the power that is vetted in the (Jeorgia commission or in the present commission td" three. The ?South Caroli na Commission laws are modelled alter the commission laws of Georgia lo a very considerable extent, and the provisions of the two are about the Hame. The Georgia Commission laws, as well as the commission, stand high in the estimation of the people of South Carolina, ami there is no doubt that the> two commis sions can work together to ad vantage.'' A tin lu i Constitution of Wclnestlay. Wo arc informed that ex-Governor (hil ham, ex Governor Jeter and the 1 Ion. L. J. Walker, railroad Commissioners for South (."arolina, are to hold a confer ence with the Georgia Comminsioncrs for thc purpose of considering tho inter?'.*! of the railways and thc people ol' thc two States. We rejoice- to hear tho rumor and hope it is true. We also seriou-ly trust that the pre-cut statin of the Richmond ami Danville towards the people of Georgia wi!! attract the serious consideration of these commissioners. Wo cannot speak for South ('arolina, but thc complaint-; coming up continually from the people ol fieorgia are grievous and numerous especially with regard to passenger and mail transportation facilities. Those grievous complaints have been informally brought before the Georgia commission time and again since tho withdrawal of thc passenger train leav ing this city in the early morning. The commission insists they have no power to make time tables for the railroads, ami hence cannot order Mich changes in tho running of trains as the wants of the public demand. (>ne of the Commissioners, hokeyer, says that one thing is very clear to his mind, namely, that the law requires them to make "just and reasonable" rate.?, which means fair compensation tn the road for thc service and benefits rendered the public. In thiR caso thc public deny thal tho Richmond and Danville Road render any benefits worthy of the com pensation charged in the carrying of passengers. The Commissioners, we have always understood, contend that three cents a mile is a just and reason able compensation fur carrying passen gers with safety, comfort and reasonable dispatch, and the rate that gives the road more income than : jollier either above or below thal figure. If the Kgure is placed below three cents the income might possibly not compensate fairly for thc work done. If it is placed above three cents a mile you reduce ami cir cumscribe travel until the income would fail to pay expenses. The Commissioner before alluded to says that so far as thc Richmond and Danville is concerned, in view of the statements of multitudes of its patrons, it has become a serious question in his mind whether or not the public arc re ceiving service and benefits worth even two ceuts a mile. The complaints against the Air Line, ns we have said, are importunt enough to deserve the private C moderation of lite two commissions, but -.part from any nc tiou that may be tuken in regan! to this particular matter, both Georgia and South Carolina are to be congratulated upon the fact thal. th? c< missions have met for consultation. This meeting is in the direction ol" a suggestion recently mudo in the Constitu tion in regard to thc regulation of trans portation between the. Staler, independ ently of Congress. In this view of the case, thc meeti.'ig between the two com missions is ol' vast importance. It is clear that by consultation and the ad justment of rutes, the problem of regu lating intf-r-Sliite transportation as be tween Georgia and South Carolina can be easily solved. Aa a matter of fact it ceases to be a problem the moment that States with railroad commissions take it it! hand. Th?3 h what Georgia and South Carolina uro about to do. Kow Folk Was Cnpttired. A San Antonio correspondent tolls this remarkable story of tho capturo of Marsh T. Polk, thc thieving treasurer of Ten nessee : When Cook, who was the conductor of the sleeping coach, saw l'olk enter the coach he determined lo arrest him, and during the whole journey from herc down lie did not once take his eyes nfl his gume. He formed no plan of action, but relied on his own ability in strategy to accomplish the task he had laid tor himself. Just before the train arrived nt Webb Station, thc fourth this side of Laredo, and only a few miles distant from that town. Cook detected l'olk mak ing Htenltby preparations for flight. As soon os the train stopped Cook and the man who called himself Cameron quit thc car and mounted horses in waiting for them. "Send on Joe Sheehy to help me ; I am after this man !" yelled Cook to Merrill, tho conductor of the train, and he then hastened after the fugitives, Polk and Cameron rode through chapa ral towards Laredo, and on reaching the outskirts of the town made a circuit round it and toward the Rio Grande, which they evidently intended to cross, Cook toiled on after them, sometimes in Bight of them, sometimes far away from them. The bushes tore his clothes, and his shoes wero scratched. He overlook tho fugitives on the bank of the Ric Grando just as they were making prepa rations to cross, lie hid in tho bushes for awhile and watched them, as he de liberated on tbe best method to pursue them. He then recollected for the first time sinco he left the train that he wa? unarmed. Thc situation waa a desperate one, but Cook, with the bravery of a lion, jumped from behind a bush suddenly and said : "Gentlemen, you are my prison ers." Instantly two revolvers were lev clled at him, but he never flinched, m be quietly added : "You had better sur render, for I know you, Mr. Polk, and tho Rangers are all around you. Put up your guns, or I'll havo your heads blown over into Mexico." Polk turned pale and his companion appeared to be nerv ous. Cook saw tho impression he had made and quickly followed up his ad vantage hv jerking out his watch, and impatiently exclaimed if they did not give their weapons to him in a quartet nf a minuto he would command the Ran gers to fire. When the timo waH nearly expired he took his cap in his baud aa il to signal with it, but a continuance ol the strategy waa unnecessary, for Polk tremblingly handed his revolver to the brave young man and Cameron followed suit. With their own revolvers pointed at their heads the men started to Laredo. Officer Sheehy came up at this juncture and assisted in guarding the prisoners. - Tho crown princess of Germany, svho is a grandmother at 42, recently rods, at tho head of, and iu command of, detachment of troops at a military ro we.v. A H OKU I HI. ri ! H Ai. Kin. A Husband Attempts I? Muriltr HI? Young Wilt-A Gha?lly Spectacle. Allii'ila Constitution. A private letter waa received by a gen tleman in the city yesterday, which was Hubmitted to Governor Stephens- T'<r 1 * ? "* action. The letter give? an account of a horrible tragedy, which occurred ?it hollie ot' john ?Patterson, in Batiks Conn ty, un the night of thc 15th mat. Patterson, thc son of John Patterson, wm lhere with his young with whom he had married ?onie seven or eight months ago. His wife was Nareida Hell, the daughter of Dr. W. li. Hell, ijiiit'e a distinguished <-?t?/.. n of the State, now deceased, and :i niece of .Major Madison Hell, of this city, and former < Vriiiptrollcr of this Slate. There was hot known lo ?.xi-', the slightest disagreement between the young married couple. Tin y had retired to their room, and when Mr. .lohn Patterson and other members of thc family were abeu', to retiro, a scream wa-> heard in the room occupied hy doe Patterson and his wife, lt wa* by the young wile and was a scream lor ber father-in-law, .Mr. John Patterson, lie mobed lo the door bul found it locked on the inside. Ile returned tor a light and au instrument with which to open ihe door, and on entering it found Iiisdaugh lerdu-law severely cut, with two ghastly wounds across the throat, Hevering the front poitiou of the windpipe nm! leav ing the muscles ?ni each side, of her tieck horribly mangled, and all thu important blood vessel? exposed; Suveral other deep cuts had been itllticled, one pierc ing the lung on tho right hide. These ?ouud? had been inflicted by :i knife by 'ncr husband, .Joe Patterson, who had made iii' escape before his fat her returned willi a light. From latest accounts from thu attending physician thc recovery of the young wife is considered almost hope lc.--. A mon; horrible tragedy is hot to bu lound in the annals ot crime, ami it is understood that Governor Stephens in tend-, after receiving authentic informa tion of the facts, to oller a high reward I fur the apprehension of thu perpeliatnr of thc deed. Poitou Semi Oil Mills. ('ntr.ijiarf.l,'..! '- vt' the Xetvt ?nid (.Mut iri. C'ol.rMl'.i A, January II.- In ymir U-uo of November 17 I noticed a communica tion from a correspondent in Grange burg. S. (.'., relative lo cotton seed oil mills. In it a number of questions were asked showing a great desire to have some details concerning the manufacturo of colton seed oil, cake, Ace. As you, at thc foot of his communication, tifler your columns lor information tm thc subject I will endeavor to give all the information desired, premising it with the remark that I am a manufacturer of oil mills of the kind described, and have them in actual usc to day, in spite of the great efforts to maintain its manufacture a se cret by large nil milla. An oil mill, suitable for a public gin house, would consist of one heavy hy draulic press, (or two of them, according as you would desire, to work tip two tons of seed per day of twelve hours, or four tons.) tho force pump necessary to run the presses, one huller, one pair of rolls to crush the seed into meal, after being hulled, instead of grinding it, (as burrs would gum,) one jacketed steamer to cook the meal in after it is crushed. The seed are put through the huller, which has a sej arating attachment to clean the kernel, then the meal or kernel is put through thc crushing rolls ami then into the steamer. The meal is cooked at times varying from 2n to 30 illimit?s, with the steam in the steamer at a pressure of 20 to 33 pounds. The meal is then put Into bags of somewhat unusual shape, this in turn is ont into a "mat" or "book" to confine thc meal and keep it from bursting the bags when under pressure ; the whole ia then put under iLe hydraulic press and given a heavy pres ure. The oil then appears crude oil. The meal, after the oil ia expressed, is in the form of a cake and is "cotton ;ccd oil cake." This is nil there is in it. In a lon of seed there nre about 3{J gallons of oil, somewhat less in the spring when seed have dried out consid erably. About 1,100 pounds of meal to the ton is usually obtained, including the oil, or before pressing. The balance, say IHM) pounds, ia hulls. Both the meal and thc bulla are a magnificent fertilizer, as thc oil is detrimental to the extent that it prevents whole seed fruin rotting for so long, and the meal has more than twice the body of corn for feed after the nil is taken from iL Crude oil is worth at the mill from 45c. to 4So. per gallon, with a constant up ward tendency, us new uses ?ire being found for the oil and thc producers sell it to the refineries, a number of which are in ihe country and nre glad to buy of any one. The cake ia worth $27 to f.'lO per ton. I know a prominent fertilizer manufac turer who now regularly use? cotton seed meal in his product and it has a splendid reputation. In reference to horse power necessary to run it, I have one running now by a 15 horse engine, which runs in addition, at thc same time, one 50, one 40 saw gin cotton preis and a corn mill. With all tin se it can run the Huller Pump and Crushers. They can he arranged to run by a man and a boy, assuming the owner has an engineer. I have endeavored to answer, in brief, ihe questions your correspondent asks, , and the information, in connection with , what I will give regarding the cost,about j covers the whole thing: A 2 ton mill will cost ii.SOO, on board cara at factory : and a 1 ton mill $2,500. There is no mystery about making cot ton seed oil ; it is very ensily learned, and I stand ready to back my assertion with substance that with the above mill ns much oil cnn be gotten from a ton of seed, and golteu as quickly as with the large UI?IIH, and the proportion of ma chinery considered, the product of the mill will be just us much aa tho large ones. It is only a question of a very idiort time when there will be these ?mall mills nil over the country and they will get the neighborhood Heed, and then where j will the large $50,000 to $100,000 mills ! be,? Men now spend $1,600 or more for j nn engine, gin, press, &c, and get $2 a bale. Hy investing $2,000 more they can get about $9 a halo thut is, get that much from the seed-eil and meal of a bale. J. W. CALDWELL <fc Co., Richmond, Va. - Aristarchi Bey, the Turkish minis ter to the United States, is a Greek. - Mike Donovan,a noted prizefighter, says that Conkling and Zach Chandlei often used to spar. James Gordon Ben nett, he says, is considered a bully by the "fancy." - Mr. H. A. W. Tabor, of Colorado, candidate for United States Scnntor, is s bonanza king, whose name is connected with the Little Pittsburg mining deal. His wealth ia estimated at eight or ten million dollars. In-1873 he kept a little store fur supplying miners, nnd his edu cation was not more advanced than the position demanded. .?."Presumption begins in ignorance and ends in ruin." Ou the other band, the production of Kidney-Wort began with wise cautions and scientific research, and its use ends io restoring shattered constitutions and endowing men and women with health and happiness. "My tormented back," is the exclamation ol more than one poor hardworking man nnd women ; do you know why ?taches? lt is"becauae your kidneys are evertaked and need strengthening, an I ynurtystem needs to be cleansed of bad humors, You need Kidney- Wort A Bead Passenger on lin' Air-Line. Suortlv lifter the Air-Line train willeri reached ' lier? yesterday morning had pulled out from Atlanta, Capt. Jim McCool, tl??- conductor, passed thrungli the cars collecting fare?. A men whom he recognized as Judge Owen-, was bit tina in a seat hv himself to uil appear unveil -nid asleep. The conductor bhook him, hut could not wake him, and p"?"od .... through the esr, expecting to c. licet the sleeping man's fare ni he came back through. At this time tho train wan just lire miles out from Atlan t'i Judge owens was accompanied by n fiieiid named Hayden, and Captain McCool told llavdeu to awake the Judge and he would be hack directly to get his ticket. Captain McCool went to a for ward car and had been there but a few minutes when Haydon came rushing up to bim .villi the information that tho Judge was not sleeping, but was ? lead. Capt. McCool, who is u doctor ns well a- a conductor, hastened to the Keene and found that il was even so. Tho Judge was titling bolt upright in the heat, bis chin resting on his breast, stone dead. ,Iu^t before tho train left Atlanta, Capt. McCool saw Judge Owens standing on the platform at the depot and had a iot.g conversation with him. He appeared lo'be in excellent health and told Captain McCool that he was just on his way home to Gainesville, Ga., from a trip to Ala bama, where himself and bis friend Hay den had been to purchase some lands. Tickets for himself and Mr. Hayden tu Gainesville were found in bis pocket, besides a large amount of money in gold, silver and greenback*. The body was laid out in tiie baggage car and il tele gram was s?enl lo Gainesville mit i lying his family of his death, and on the arrival of tho train at that place the hotly was met by a large party of sympathizing friends. Judge Owens loaves a wife ami three children. The deceased formerly lived at Holton. Ga., and was postmaster at thal place for sometime. Ho has two brothers living, one ol' whom is Mayor of the town ol Edwnrdsville, Ala., and tlie (?tiler lives near thal place. A post ne.noni examination wai held over the remains, and il was found that the i h ceased camelo his death from heart disease. -Char/otic t/bscrrer. - Mt. Blaine i- coming south in tho spring. - .lay Gould Inti given $500 to the Milwaukee lire *u Hexers relief fund. - Blaine's friend, llovler, ol Pennsyl vania, who liss bought Stur Knute Hor sey's lane!., now hus 81,000 cattle. - General tirant has been asked to accept of the presidency of the National Kille association. Il is thought that be will do so. - President Arthur is to marry Brit ish Minister West's daughter and livo in Ku rope when he retires, if rumor is lo be believed. - Senatnr Havarti was fined by tho mayor of Wilmington, Del., for not re moving the snow from the sidewalk in front of his property. - Senator lintier, of South Carolina, hus shown unexpected aptitude for the work ol a Senator, and is a growing man, wi iii whom thc South bas every reason to be satisfied. His position in regard ta the Civil Service Reform bill was in striking contrast to that of sume of his fellow-Democrats from '.bc North.- A'oi? Vi-ri: Ti in rs. - There urn now 171 students on tho roll of thc South Carolina College. - The>ailro;ids in the western part of North Carolina are constantly using snow plows. The. snow fall is heavier than it has been since 1857. - The value of Charleston, S. C., fruits and vegetables, shipped last yenr lo northern markets, was over a million dollars. - Within a twelve month, ?. malters go, the people of Ireland will all be in jail on a charge ..I conspiracy. - Northern vUitor* arc still crowding lo Aiken, South Carolina. -.Th'! growing wheal crop in s-ine sections of Kentucky doe- not lo -i verv promising. - An ingenuous daughter: It was just delightful,1 exclaimed Ino hti| pv girl, a> she came bounding into her mot li er's presence with glowing cheeks and sparkling eyes. "I never enjoyed a sleigh ride so much in all my * life." "Hut the air was so keen. Eliza. * I hope you kept your muff to your face." "Mother," returned Eliza, turning upon her venerable parent a pair of eyes that wem utterly incapable of dissembling, "I will not deceive you : Charley'H mous tache waa warmer than the mufi." WANTED. AWHITE GIRL or WOMAN, to nurse and do housework. Well recom mended. Fair wages paid. Address, P. O. BOX NO. 10, Anderson, S. C. Jan 2R, 1883 28 2 STRAYED ! 17MIO.M the subscriber, nt. Evergreen on Monday, the l?th January* a laree black horse MULE, Pl hands high, lanie in right fore Uv. Any information will he lib. rally rewarded. .1. HAMPTON KA RLE, Holland's Store, Ander on Co., S C dan -jr., I SKI 2H p Valuable Lot for Sale. IOK KKK my House and Lot for stile If not sold privately will he sold at auction Suleday in Februar}'. The Lot contains one and one-llth acres, is only three minutes walk from the Court House and is on a good street. J. W. TODD. Jan 25, 1883 28 2 Examination of Teachers. FOIt the benefit or Teachers who could not appear bofore the Hoard on the nth and Oil. inst., we propose to give anoth er opportunity on .Saturday, Kehrunry 3 beginning promptly nt {?o'clock a. m., and" closing at 2 p. m. This will positively be the laut opportunity, and we admonish all who expect to procure a Grade. Certificate to avail themselves ol" this. The examina tion will be bold in ibo Court House Dy order of the Hoard. T o- ,?.?. R> W- TOOP. Ch'in. Jan 2.), 1K82 28 1 LOST OR STOLEN. ONE Pond for Four Thousand Pollars dated the 3rd day of January, 1?J2 Two Thousand Pollars thereof payable on the 1st day of January, 1883, with interest nt three and one-half j?er cent, per annum from the 1st day of Jnnuarv, 1882: and Two Thousand Dollars thereof payable on th? 1st of January, 1884. with interest at three and one-half per cent, per annum from 1st day of January. 1882. Bald Bond was made by Albert A. Carpenter and James L. Geer, and is payable to Mrs. Anna K. Pr?vost, her heirs, etc. All persons are hereby warned not to trade for Mid Bond. The first payment of Two lhousand Dollars, and interest, baa been paid by the makers. i o- ,oo, ASNA K PREVOST. Jnn 2o, 1883 28 4 SAVE MONEY, SAVE MONEY. HAVING withdrawn all Agencies, and placed our butinera on a strictly cash basis, thereby tating agenta commission? and tosses m bad debts, we are enabled to sell our well known Fertilizers, viz : Wilcox, Gibbs & Co. Manipu lated Guano, Wilcox, Gibbs & Co. Super phosphate, Plrect to Merchants and Farmen at verr ow prices, by the single loM, ",r loa), J in larder quant.Hrs. Write f..r pri?es WILCOX, OlBUSJtxS: ??'8*0*' 0"i^*??-". ?a. ITATJ? OF SOUTH CAROLINA, A.MiKiisox COUNTY. S Uti Fhos.'.f! Liyon, Judye, of I\or>a(c. WM KKK AS, John W. Daniels, Clerk c.urt Common Pleas and General Sessions, lins applied to mo to grant liiru letters of administration <>n thc Estate of Ceo. \V. Rankin, deceased. Thesn arc therefore to cito and admon ish all kindred and credit.?rs of thc said (?co. W. Uai.kin. deceased, to bo and ap pear heforo mo iii Court ?d' Probate, to bo held at Anderson Conn House, on ihe Tth day of March. 1883, altear pub lication hereof, to anew cause, if any they ?nive, why the said administration should not bo granted. Given under my hand tins 24th <lav of Januarv, iss.'t. T. C. LIGON, J. V. Jan U5, 1883 28 <? \TOTICK TO CREDITORS. Xl All persons having deinands against Hie Estate of Warren D. Wilkes, deceased, are hereby notified to present the same, properly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law. MRS. M. C. WILKES, Fx'J. Jan 25, 1KS2 28 3_ VTOTICE TO CREDITORS. ?31 AM persons having demands against thu Estate of Anderson Brock, deceased, are herebv notified t<? present the same, properly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribe*! by law. JOHN W. DANIELS, Adm'r. Jan 2.r), 1883 '2ft_4_ THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT Ol' COMMON PLEAS. John W. Panicle, a* Administrator <> inmii non, willi (lie Will annexed, of thc catati-nfMiadrack Peal, deceased, l'laintiH', again*! l'r. Winston ll. Davis, as Executor of th? estate of Llcenla c. Peal, deceased, and said Winston II. Pavla UH mic of lier h?ii* al law, and Hie said Winston H. Davinas claiming to be a creditor of raid S. D. Heal, Martita J. Heal, I'oluiuhus !.. Deal, Mary J. Hooks, Martha K. Webb, Margaret A. Little, Prances E. Peal, Alice I.. Roberton, Annis ?. SiwMHlS, Auia'ulaHllO Kay, Sarah William ?, Eliza Heal, tis heirs of said LU. Deal, and Kll/a I?, ai, as creditor of i?. D. Peal, Kdwanl Davis, Marilla Tai?'. Lucinda Tate. Kin inn Powers) John Davis ami Lizzie Havis, Defendants.-.Snwrnoi ? for A'e Hff-iy>mntaUil not S>m\i. To lile Hele nd ants above named : \'nl' arr lnT.-hy Miionmii.d and required to an \ bwerilic complaint in th 1.1 action, which ia lil,-,l in il.iii.- nf tim Clerk ot thc Court of Com* mon Pleas for the County ol A udertton, and to herve a copy of ymir answer on tho subscriber* at lin n-oiti, <.. al Anderson C. H.,H. C.. within twenty dav? after Hie servi.f lldi buniiuons on yow, exclu*!ve of the day of eervlce. ir yiui fail to answer this complaint within the time aforesaid, thu plalntitr will apply to IheCourt for t he relief demanded in ibo complaint. No personal claim ls made against you. Han .I January - ?ni, iss:|. I'.ltoWN, Tltlltltl.EA ItltOWN, 1'InintiIfs' Attorneys, Anderson, 8. C. To Hie Defendants, Pnluiubus h. Deal, Marv J. Hooks, Marilla K. Webb, Margaret A. hillie. Prances IC. Heal, Alice l<. Robinson, Annis#, Sissous, Kilima Powers and Johu (lavis: Take notice that n,f liplainl in thia action, together willi thc sunni >s, of whieh the forego iiiK ls H copy, wai filed . .lie nineo of the Clerk of Hie Court of Common Pleas at Anderson C. H., in Hie County of Anderson, in the .state nf Kout h Carolina, mi ihr-Mri! day of January, A. I?. iss:i; and linn you will also Uko notice thal the object of this act iou ii for construction of the Will of tho late S. H. Deal, lo sell hi? real estate for iho pay ment of debts, to enjoin creditors from further prosceutiiii: their actions al law against snid estate, io . all in creditors to establish Ho ir demands, and for all other proper relief in the premises. No personal e.aim is made anlinst you. Haled Jiiuua.-r .-.ard, issn. BROWN, TRIBHI.K A HUOWN, 1'lainlills' Attorneys. Audersoii, S. U. [SKAI.] JOHN W. DANIIU.S, c.c.r. Jan -.'.=>, is?.-} 28 S _ FACTS FOR THE FARMERS ! Iwould ask the fanners to see me before making their arrangements for Fertil izers, i have on bund the old reliable Sol uble Pacific und Stouo Guanos and Acid Phosphate. These brands analyze over 3 per cent, of Ammonia in thc Guano, and from lt) to 12 per cent, of available Phosphoric Acid in tho Acid. The Com panies have their own works, und manu* facture their own goods under their old formula. 1 have no special brands but the original brands of the Companies, upon which they stake their money and reputa tion. Prices as low, if not lower, than any other standard '.'> ?>rr cent, anttnoniated fertil izers. I haves full stock PJ. O.?MolafMCN, Flour, llacon, t'ollee, Sugar, Plews, Plow Stocka, Nalia und I-'aruiera* Supplier? Generally. Cash buyers and Granger's orders solicited. I will give you the benefit of all low prices. I also have a good line of Who CM, Doola? Dry <;oo?ls?. Hardware, dre. lt you want to buy a good Hat at New York cost for cash, I can fit you out in the latest style. 1 am anxious to close out my stock of hats at cost within the next thirty days. Dear in mind that I um determined to meet competition in prices on Guanos, Gro ceries or any other goods that the (armors may want. Price my goods and enquire about my (iiiiinns. 1 will not charge you anything for the information. To thoNO who ure owing thc late firm of Lipon A. Sharpe, I would say that they will save cost hy settling up, as I am determined to collect these old matters up within the next sixty days, and they can't think hard of me if they arc sued, aa I have given all bands timely* warning. I mean exactly what I say. Respectfully, W. H. LIGON. Jan 25, 1883 28 .A. CL To the Ladies and Gentlen HAVING purchased thc Stock of Mess gaging in the sale of FANCY GROCERIES, CO FOREIGN AND D TOBACCO, i I would most respectfully solicit a shan that you can always lind at my establisbme tioneries, Toys, ?v.c. Gentlemen, you can I K"rs. Snear. Coffee. Rice. Tea, dec, ab in an N kW and FRESH Goods in my line. Give, me a call, please, and I am sure yt the best qnality, fresh and sweet. Anderson. 8. C.. Jan. 25, 1883_ FLOUR, FLOI TOBACCO, CC C. F. JOS UK better prepared tlian over to offei Stock of Staple and Fancy G We ask special examination of our Got we can SAVE YOU MONEY. Como to see us if you want any heai line. We are now offering our Wintor G Wo ore greatly encouraged with our much better trade this year. Thanking j tinuance of tho same, we are, ' Jan 25. 1883 JANUA1 TIio Undersigned having FOR TH DESIRE TO SAY TO THEIR FRI] HAVE A FULE, STOCK. OF BOOTS and SHOES, HATS, DRY OOODS and NOTI BLANKETS, or all SADDLES, I h.? R??glKLDi:PARTMENT Will ba k< have a COFFEE that we guarantee as good STANDARD PERTIL.I5 AQEHT8 FOB THE CHAMP ^.^v**1,1 m.f,.ebt*<l to ua will hereby take in full by 1st Mnrchsas we don't propose li AJ Jan 25, 1680 STOCKED ?>. FOU TUR SPRING TRUDE Of! WITH the distinct uofcnui I cannot be UNDERa?? department of my business'?? prised a general stock of- ' FARMERS' SHH Come ard sec ?ie, ard be * the truth of this assertion. 1 still make a specialty ol v Boys' HATS, and can have JM? in this line. GUANO, GTJAHo* stocked to tho ?a.-* -uuAHO I am stocked to the raften ^ ( est Rrades of Awmonlatea re Acid Phosphates, and wi? t^, liberally in thia Hue. A largo ?tock of Coropottir,, t will be closed ovit tery cheap. Hcjpt-etfully, .J. J. BAK? Jan 25, 1883 28 * HAPPY NEW Y?1 HEALTH, success tad hitauj my customers, 'ind tC??J who might hine given tftfirpotre?^! I have on hand a flrn-clastr* gm d assortment of all k'mdi ate from $5.00 to $150.0?). ImLrord Alarm Clocks for $5.50, WuruU months. Diamonds, ami a hr-,, good Jewelry of all kinds, unala a first-class Jewelry store. - Silverware and King's Paten g... which an; bring so extemireh-nS perfect satisfaction. Bj* special contract, anytl?ag I g ilocs not turn out ;is jt is reprW'J he returned to the facAoriaauddnl Heartily thanking all my fnenh favors, and Imploring and frjtiwti continuance of thc same, 1 am, respectfully,?c., Jan IK, '83 SHERIFF'S SALE. STATE or Sonrn CHOU?, AXDEBSOS Conni BY virtue of twoExeeutionstoafc, ed, I will expos? to tale ontiift Monday in February, A. D. IMJJ City of Anderson, at tho BltcbaQl now occupied by Thomas Yameil M lowing property, to wit: Two Hollows", 1 Drill and 14 BiiairJ 3 Screw Plates, Taps and Wrencko || rel of Tools containing 116 Fitco. ?I Box urn! Content?, 2 Anvils, hrd Tongs, Tire Bender and Plate. 1 S^dO el, 1 Rep Saw and Frame, 1 piece db 1 Axel Gauge, 1 Bench and Batt, Jg Hammers, 2 Mandrels, 2 Vises milt Stono. Levied on os the property ol 1 Spellman in favor of McGrath 41 and John McGrath. TERMS OK 8ALB-Cash. JAMES H. McCOSSEU, Sheriir Anderson Countj,i( _Jan 17. 1883_27 l NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMEtt Notice is hereby given th;! ?a dersigned, Administrator of the En, Wm. N. Harper, deceased, will ipf'.n Judge of Probate for Anderson fa on the 10thday of February,1883,iwi( Settlement and Discharge from hu o Administrator of said Estate. JESSE H. SALLENTINS,?en] Jan 18, 18K3_27_ LOST NOTE. ALL persona are notified not tot a Note given by Kdrew Creal bis lather, Lewis Cromer, for fire bas dollars, with interest at the rate of tai cent. The Note was giren belita ? and 1879. I am not certain whether M sealed or promissory. Thu Nutt hsi paid but is lost. EDREWurwi Jan 18,2883_27 ll B. F WHITNER&? ATTORNEYS un COUNSELLORS AT LAS, ANDERSON, - &' PRACTICE in the Cords of Hal and in the United State* tar* OFNCK-On Brick Range, twodont the National Bank. Jan 18, 1888 NE FOR SALE CHEA?, PONY BASKET H V-r TON, in good order, with and Universnl Joint Umbrella. Apply to Jan ll, 18S3 len of the City and COD rs. TO LIA' <k MCCONNELL, I iato?aj 1TFECT?0NERIES, TOYS' OMESTIC FRUITS, UND CIGARS] : of your patronage. Ladies, I nt tho freshest and best selection oft lind as largo an assortment of Tot* y house in the City. I am daily >u will be convinced. All my Coo?' I nm, very respectfully, yours LOUIS SHARPBJ JR, , TOBACCO, >FFEE, COFfti ?ES & CO. r inducements to CASH BUYE^ 1 foc?ofioei im Complete.. ods and Prices before buying. y WINTER GOODS, OT ao/ti'lH foods at low prices. last year's trade, and hope to rou for your patronage, snd swiiai,p Respectfully, C. F. JOSHS AJ*J ii decided to Sell thia Yf E CASH, t<a ENDS AND CU8TOMEKS lUk't^m ?OOD?, of uvery description i grades and sixes, at aston Uh/ntl/10* VirVvfIoJ!ed ??l at about Cost, JVytE, complete line, , ^ 1 ?Pt fall np daring Stiring snd f*?"?9* ?? any in t he City. JSEKS SOW ARRIV?' ION RHAfER ARD MOWER. M warning that to ?ave Costs they m?fM > walt any longer than that dst?.